9:55 PM,
Dec. 3, 2013

At left, the late Judith Novellino and, in a Daily Record file photo from last month, murder suspect Anthony Novellino enters the courtroom.

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Anthony F. Novellino stuck to his story that his ex-wife menaced him with a knife at their Denville home before he was able to wrest the weapon away and stab her, and told detectives he wanted only to visit the victim's grave and be housed in a prison with men of his age group, according to videotaped statements aired in court Monday.

Superior Court Judge Robert Gilson, sitting in Morristown, finished hearing the last of nearly 10 hours of formal taped interviews that Denville Capt. Paul Nigro and Morris County Prosecutor's Office Lt. Steve Wilson conducted with Novellino, now 65, about the June ...